Friday Fictioneers is a weekly challenge set by Rochelle Wisoff Fields to write a 100-word story in response to a photo prompt. You can find other stories here.
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Graffiti
The lane might be described as dingy, not the sort of place you expect a gentleman like me to be strolling.
It leads to Main Street, a broad boulevard, with the headquarters of the Far Right Alliance, the Think Tank of the folk with money who own the country, on the corner.
That’s my destination.
The graffiti, a colourful melange of tags and images, tells me all I need to know.
Exactly when the top men – and women – will gather there.
I heft the bag onto my shoulder, and smile.
Their meeting should go off with a satisfying bang.
PLEASE NOTE:
I have never believed that violence is the answer to political disagreement, but I confess that the cretinous bully currently ruling the USA gives me pause.
As Uncle Bob says, Everything is Broken.
If my words offend you, please feel free never to visit my blog again.
So satisfying, I need a cigarette.
Yes.
I haven’t asked you yet, Dawn!
lol
Neither do I, but I second you there.
My son is stuck there without a job for a year.
Have to trust God is in control and step back!
The scary thing is that so many worship the cretin.
I don’t share your belief in a divine being, so have to say that she’s doing a pretty dire job of control right now.
Almost spilled my morning cuppa, groovin’ to the tracks laid down in your audio. I agree with your statement about violence, but at least the judges and organizations are standing up & saying no. Finally, but so much waste & human cost with the delay, though. As David Bowie sang “I’m afraid of Americans” and I’m one of ’em…
We’re all afraid of the tens of millions who voted for that thing THREE times!
Time to bomb a bit… yes?
Well, no, Chris, but yes, but no…
Not the birthday present he was expecting, deserved though.
Would be nice if it went off with a bang
a sense of foreboding fills the air. i may run, but i cannot hide from the storm that approaches.
There may be no hiding place for any of us anywhere on earth, my friend
All’s fair in love and fiction. I’m surprised that there’s not more of it about these days. We are waiting for the worms for him, I think.
Fingers permanently crossed, Lisa
Rebellion in the air.
Needs to be on the ground, James
I love the layering of tension and character in such a short piece, and ending on ‘a satisfying bang’ is a gripping cliffhanger – from a quiet stroll to an imminent act of terrorism in a single line. Would be a great opener to a novel 🙌
Thanks, Ange!
It’s tempting though…
Was Guy Fawkes an ancestor, perhaps?
(I love the way you have of saying without saying.)
Sadly, Jenne, Guy Fawked up
Your observation “Everything is broken” resonates.
Anyone who expresses this is condemned and asked to leave the country, as the leaders project this as one of the best places in the universe.
Many of us will never visit again, Reena. I guess it’s pretty great if you’re in that top 2 or 3%, hmm?
Dear C.E.
No denying my beloved country is in a mell of a hess. Sadly I don’t believe violence is the answer…tempting though it may be. Good story nonetheless.
Shalom,
Rochelle
We’re in agreement on all counts, m’lady
Do you hire out?
It says so much when folk like us have thoughts like this, Jodi
Many a good story has been centered around political assassination. Even the most peaceful of us has that one person who inspires us to violence.
And this one would be a service to humanity…
We can explore in fiction the mentality of those we’d never invite into the club for sherry
Indeed, Neil, even when, against our better instincts, we empathise with their anger